ven as the Opposition and social activists have claimed that the State is headed for a constitutional crisis with the Assembly automatically lapsing on March 3, a week ahead of counting of votes, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Monday said there was no reason to worry.
“The Advocate General has informed me there is no reason to worry if the assembly session is not convened,” Mr. Parsekar told presspersons here on the sidelines of a media event. He had earlier said the government had sought the Advocate General’s advice. He had said the situation was not the government’s creation, as the Election Commission had fixed the counting date on March 11.
State Congress president Luizinho Faleiro had written to Governor Mridula Sinha last week, warning of a constitutional crisis in the State and urging her to either summon a session of the Assembly by March 3 or dissolve the incumbent Assembly altogether.
March 3 marks the end of the six-month period during which members of the sixth legislative Assembly will not have met for a session.
“If the government of the day seeks to continue in office without having the seating within six months, then this will be wholly unconstitutional and the government will be an unconstitutional government,” Mr. Faleiro said in his letter to Governor.
